Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A scouring-stone used in the stretching and smoothing of leather before currying.

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Examples

  • If thou mere human duties scorn, as a worn sandal cast aside, thou art no man but stock-stone born, lost in a selfish senseless pride.

    My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard Elizabeth Cooper 1911

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